WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1868
Find out what all happened January to May 1868

Henry O'Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. (12. March 1868)

President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate. (16. May 1868)

Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate. (24. February 1868)

Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground. (2. February 1868)

The Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia. (1. March 1868)

Sakai incident: Japanese samurai kill 11 French sailors in the port of Sakai near Osaka. (8. March 1868)

Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala. (5. March 1868)

Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power. (3. January 1868)

At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two British/Indian troops die. (10. April 1868)

Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (by "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5). (30. May 1868)

Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō. (14. May 1868)

The Abyssinian War ends as British and Indian troops capture Maqdala. (13. April 1868)

The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade. (29. May 1868)

Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. (11. April 1868)

Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician. (7. April 1868)

The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law. (23. March 1868)

Boshin War: The Battle of Toba-Fushimi between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions begins, which will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration. (27. January 1868)